5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

VIRUS

VIRUS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/

Noun

A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).

Noun

A quantity of such infectious agents, considered en masse.

“Not much virus was detectable on a nucleic acid test; the viral load was very low.”

Verb

To send or infect an electronic device with a computer virus.

“I'm just going to virus anyone who tries cheating on this game.”

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How VIRUS performs as a guess

VIRUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,198 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

V___S V in the 1st position and S in the 5th position V__U_ V in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LEANT CADET PLATE CLONE TONEY TRINE
Words starting with V Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How VIRUS performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,198 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, VIRUS ranks #8,198 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
20%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
V I R U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches VIRUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
300
233
157
150
108
105
80
79
71
70
60
40
29
29
25
23
21
20
17
17
16
14
14
11
11
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing VIRUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

20.5% →
LEANT 6.01 bits
12.7% →
CADET 5.22 bits
9.9% →
PLATE 5.78 bits
6.7% →
LEANT 5.40 bits
6.4% →
CLONE 4.73 bits
4.6% →
TONEY 4.42 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.66 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.63 bits
3.3% →
MATEY 4.65 bits
3.0% →
STANE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for VIRUS; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

V4I1R1U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.